Fred Mackey Explained

Fred Mackey
Birth Date:30 April 1904
Death Place:Sun City, Arizona, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1922–1925
Player Team2:Ohio State
Player Sport3:Baseball
Player Years4:1923–1926
Player Team4:Ohio State
Player Positions:Lineman (football)
Catcher (baseball)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1927–1931
Coach Team2:Ohio Wesleyan (line)
Coach Years3:1932–1934
Coach Team3:Butler
Coach Years4:1935–1943
Coach Team4:Ohio State (assistant)
Coach Sport5:Baseball
Coach Years6:1930–1932
Coach Team6:Ohio Wesleyan
Coach Years7:1939–1944
Coach Team7:Ohio State
Overall Record:10–11–2 (football)
99–75 (baseball)
Championships:Football
1 IIC (1934)

Frederick C. "Fritz" Mackey (April 30, 1904 – July 2, 1987) was an American college football and college baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Butler University from 1932 to 1934, compiling a record of 10–11–2. Mackey was also the head baseball coach at Ohio Wesleyan University from 1930 to 1932,[1] and at his alma mater, Ohio State University, from 1939 to 1944, tallying a career college baseball coaching mark of 99–75.[2]

Mackey played football and baseball at Ohio State, before graduating in 1926. He was also an assistant football coach at Ohio State from 1935 to 1944 and a member of the staff for the national championship-winning 1942 Ohio State Buckeyes football team. After leaving coaching, Mackey worked for an actuary firm. He retired around 1970 to Sun City, Arizona, where he died in July 1987.[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Frederick Mackey. Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops baseball. December 30, 2018.
  2. News: Ohio State baseball. Salem News. April 24, 1944. March 16, 2019.
  3. News: . Ex-Butler coach dies . . . July 5, 1987 . 7D . March 17, 2019 . .